In 4.5 there are scripts which are called at drive mount/unmount which
can be used to collect data from the drive - such as "soft" or
unreported errors.

While you can get the throughput from NBU with a little work, I think
what would be more valuable to you is to get the drive status reports
outside NBU (though the un/mount scripts is a good way to coordinate
with NBU).


Terry Green writes:
> I am using NBU 3.4.1 - Solaris master/media server, 2xDLT8000 drives on
> independent scsi channels.
>  
> >From time to time, we get backups or bpduplicates that run at a snail's
> pace because the media is just barely usable.  In this situation, the
> DLT drive shoe-shines a ton, but works.    NBU doesn't do anything about
> it, because from it's point of view, the tape is just being slow - no
> errors are returned.   
>  
> I'm wondering what data I might be able to get out of Netbackup to help
> detect this situation.   It would be nice to be able to see throughput
> from the point of view of the media, independent of the multiplexing,
> etc being used to feed the drive.   
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Terry Green
> Mitra Imaging
> Waterloo Ontario

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